The one-eyed giant: When Odysseus leaves his home to fight in the Trojan War, he never imagines that he'll be away from his family for so many years. Now he is leading his men across the seas. Among the dangers that await them is Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant. The land of the dead: The curse of Polyphemus plagues them at every turn while Odysseus and his men face giant cannibals and outwit a beautiful witch, who reveals Odysseus's next challenge--...

Jack and Annie experience a series of time-travel adventures. (Dolphins at daybreak) It's sink or swim for Jack and Annie when the magic tree house whisks them off to the middle of the ocean. (Ghost town at sundown) "Is this town haunted?" Jack and Annie wonder when the magic tree house takes them to the Wild Wild West. (Lions at lunchtime) "Where are the lions?" Jack wonders when the magic tree house whisks him and his sister to the vast plains of...

Jack and Annie go on a series of missions in order to help the wizard Merlin, traveling to such places as Japan, Antarctica, New Orleans, and Ireland.

"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Africa where they must use magic to save a rhino and her baby from poachers"--